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I Want Pauline Frommer to Read My Work! A Trip Around The World Doesn’t Sound Bad Either! Vote by June 5!

GOAL: Get my writing in front of Pauline Frommer to read (and hopefully love). Win a trip around the world, too. STRATEGY: Enter “I am Intrepid” Contest (done). Be voted into the top 10 by the public and my family and friends before June 5. As you know, I am a new travel writer following my dream while trying … Continue reading I Want Pauline Frommer to Read My Work! A Trip Around The World Doesn’t Sound Bad Either! Vote by June 5!

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Giada De Laurentiis’s Filipino Chicken Adobo, Cultural Appropriation and the White Savior

“Turn on the Food Network right now,” Jenny texted me, “Giada’s making chicken adobo.”

“FILIPINO chicken adobo?”

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A Chicagoan’s Incomplete Guide to the 2012 NATO Summit

World leaders and their entourages, protestors and activists from all causes and sides of the political spectrum, and countless journalists converge today in Chicago for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit. I wanted to write a thoughtful, measured post about these events: what are the contexts, histories, faces and consequences of particular actions and inactions. … Continue reading A Chicagoan’s Incomplete Guide to the 2012 NATO Summit

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Brunch Here: Nightwood, 2119 S. Halsted, Chicago 60608

You’re gonna have to drive down here or endure the slow boat to China AKA the #8 Halsted bus. Or maybe bike all the way down the Halsted bike lane! Good news: it’s right off the Expressway in the gallery-laden east Pilsen, or what some call the Principality of Podmajersky. But I digress.

When you see this sign, pull over immediately.

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